{"id":254,"date":"2011-10-29T03:09:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T10:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gajunkie.info\/blog\/?p=254"},"modified":"2011-10-29T03:09:05","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T10:09:05","slug":"fourth-moderator-candidate-for-220th-pcusa-ga-2012-endorsed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=254","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Moderator Candidate For 220th PC(USA) GA (2012) Endorsed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nLast week a fourth candidate was endorsed to stand for Moderator of the 220th General Assembly (2012)<\/a> of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)<\/a> when Palo Duro Presbytery<\/a> endorsed Teaching Elder Randolph “Randy” Branson.<\/p>\n

TE Branson is the pastor<\/a> of First Presbyterian Church of Graham, TX<\/a>, and currently serves as the Moderator of the Presbytery. According to the PC(USA) announcement<\/a>, TE Branson is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and San Francisco Theological Seminary<\/a>. (SFTS has posted the PC(USA) announcement<\/a> on their web site.) He has served churches in Texas and Southern California.<\/p>\n

He has provided a quote to the Presbyterian News Service about his vision where he says:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe middle of the church needs to demand and expect a culture of
\nrespect and appreciation in the PC(USA). Palo Duro Presbytery has been through a lot and we\u2019ve
\nfigured out a way to get along across a lot of viewpoints. I\u2019m hoping to offer that to the denomination. We can\u2019t keep going the
\nway we\u2019re going.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In addition to the Presbyterian News Service<\/a> article, there is also coverage from the Presbyterian Outlook<\/a> and The Layman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In looking around for links and chatter it appears that TE Branson has little in the way of a social media presence.  He does have his sermons available on iTunes<\/a>, but no immediate finding of blog, Facebook or Twitter handles. (Please let me know if I have missed these.)<\/p>\n

I congratulate TE Branson on his endorsement and add him to my prayers for the 220th GA.<\/p>\n

[ Additional note: It was interesting to find another pastor named Randy Branson on the web who is in the Pentecostal Church of God, actually just down the street from me.  He does have a strong web presence with a web site and Facebook page and I am hoping his links have not kept TE Branson’s information from being found.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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